Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ( born July 3, 1945 in Glasgow ) is a British Labour Party politician and was dated 23 October 2000 to June 21, 2009 Speaker of the House (House of Commons ).
Origin and career
The son of a sailor and a school cleaner left with 15 years, the St. Patrick's Boys School in Glasgow's Anderston to work in a sheet metal factory. Soon after he first joined the Metalworkers' Union and in 1966 the Labour Party. Later he went to work in the Rolls -Royce factory in Hillington area and at the same time from 1970 to 1974 Branch Manager of the United Union of Mechanical and Electrical Industry ( AUEW ). Most recently, he was from 1976 to 1979 organizing secretary of the National Union of Public Service ( Nupe ).
Political career
Member of Parliament
Martin began his political career in 1973 with the election of the alderman of the city of Glasgow. This office he held until his election to the Members of the House of Commons.
On 3 May 1979, he was first elected in the general election for members of the lower house (House of Commons ). Here he represented until 2005, the interests of the Labour Party in the constituency Glasgow Springburn. After the dissolution of this constituency in 2005 he was member of the constituency Glasgow- East. As a young member of parliament he found particular support for the deputy Labour leader Roy Hattersley and Denis Healey, whose Parliamentary Private Secretary he worked from 1980 to 1983.
Speaker of Parliament
Martin was founded in 1987 Chairman of the Scottish Grand Committee, the bipartisan members of all MPs from Scotland. As such, he also belonged to the extended body of the lower house speaker. He then became Deputy House Speaker in 1997, and in that office at the same time First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means ( Ways and Means ).
Following the resignation of the first " Madame Speaker" Betty Boothroyd was elected on 23 October 2000 as the successor to the Speaker of the House. He was the first Roman Catholic Speaker since the Reformation.
At question time in the House on 1 November 2006 he attracted attention when he broke the opposition leader and chairman of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, when he inquired of the chairman of the Labour Party and Prime Minister Tony Blair to its successor. Martin founded the interruption of the question so that the chairman of the Tories could not ask questions about the succession in the Labour Party. However, Cameron got his question to the successor as prime minister.
On 19 May 2009, Martin announced his resignation as Speaker for 21 June 2009, after massive allegations in the wake of scandal over expense claims of MPs had been made against him. In order for a Speaker of the House to withdraw the first time was forced since 1695. His successor June 22, 2009 the Tory John Bercow was elected.
On 25 August 2009 he was appointed Life peer as Baron Martin of Springburn and of Port Dundas in the City of Glasgow and officially launched the House of Lords. He sits there as a Cross Bencher.
His son Paul Martin also suggested a political career, and since 1999 as a representative of the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the constituency of Scotland Glasgow Springburn.